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No. 275,357; Patented Apr. 10,1883.

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NATHAN W. CONDICT, JR, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 275,357,.dated April 10,1883.

Application filed November 6. 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN W. OoNmoT, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jersey City, New Jersey, have invented certainImprovements in Dumping-Gars of which the following is a specification.

The object of myinvention is to so construct a dumping-car that thebody, which is provided with two journals at each end, can be soadjusted as to be tilted to more or less abrupt angles for the freedischarge of the load.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the improvedcar or truck with tilting body; Fig. 2, an end view, and Figs.3 and 4views illustrating my invention.

The frame-work of the car consists, in the presentinstance, of theopposite sills or longitudinal beams A A, the central beam, B, and thetwo transverse frames D D, which serve to connect the three longitudinalbeams together, and the construction of which will be readily understoodwithout explanation. Simple bearings a a are secured to the under sideof the beams A A for the axles E E, to which are secured the usualflanged wheels. It is not essential that this framework of the car ortruck should be adhered to in carrying out my invention; but it ispreferred on the score of economyand simplicity, especially when thetruck is to be used on narrow-gage plantationrailroads, for which it ismainly intended. A framework, however, made wholly or in part of ironmay be substituted for the wooden frame described.

The body H of the car is of triangular form, each end of the body beingprovided with two journals or trunnions, e 0, adapted to bearings on theframes D D, the main object of the twojournals being to steady the bodywhen itisin an upright position. There are a number ofbcarings,f, (sevenin the present instance,) for each pair of trunnions, these hearingsconsisting of concave recesses in a plate, K, one of which is secured tothe top of each of the frames D D. Under ordinary circumstances the twojournals on each end of the body will occupy the bearings shown in Fig.2, so that there will be one journal on each side of-a central line, 12. The car, however, has sometimes to be loaded with materials which arenot easily discharged without tilting the body to a more abrupt anglethan the trunnions arranged as in Fig. 1 will permit, in which case I soalter the position of the trunnions that they will be in bearings nearerto that side of the car where the bodyhas to be tilted, as shown in Fig.3. The said body can thus be made to assume the position shown in Fi 4,where it is in part supported by the longitudinal beam A. Each plate Khas in the present instance seven bearin gs or recesses for the twotrunnions, but there may be a less number of bearings-five, forinstance-or a greater number, it desired, but always more than two. Forfurther security, the body of the car may be locked to the frame by anysuitable fastenings while a train of cars is in motion.

' The car above described is for side tilting; but by arranging theframes D D longitudinally the body can be made end tilting.

I claim as my invention- The combination, in a car or truck, of atilting body having at each and two trunnions with a carframe having ateach end more bearings than there are trunnions on the body, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

. NATHAN W. OONDIO'I, JR. Witnesses:

JOHN GRIFFIN, J r.,

FRANCIS J. MCGOWEN.

